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1987 VFL Premiership Season
Teams	14
Premiers	Carlton (15th premiership)
Minor Premiers	Carlton (16th minor premiership)
Coleman Medallist	Tony Lockett (St Kilda)
Brownlow Medalist	Tony Lockett (St Kilda) John Platten (Hawthorn)

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1987.

Night Series

Melbourne defeated Essendon 8.10 (58) to 8.6 (54) in the Final at Waverley Park.

Premiership season

Round 1

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	15.14 (104)	Brisbane Bears	19.23 (137)	MCG	14,096	27 March 1987
Collingwood	11.8 (74)	Sydney	25.15 (165)	Victoria Park	17,129	28 March 1987
Carlton	15.14 (104)	Hawthorn	22.17 (149)	Princes Park	20,192	28 March 1987
St Kilda	15.11 (101)	Geelong	14.18 (102)	Moorabbin Oval	15,867	28 March 1987
Melbourne	19.14 (128)	Fitzroy	12.17 (89)	MCG	18,012	28 March 1987
Essendon	19.7 (121)	Footscray	9.8 (62)	VFL Park	22,550	28 March 1987
West Coast	20.13 (133)	Richmond	16.23 (119)	Subiaco Oval	23,897	29 March 1987

Round 2

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	13.14 (92)	Melbourne	7.17 (59)	MCG	19,035	3 April 1987
Fitzroy	23.21 (159)	St Kilda	17.13 (115)	Princes Park	11,584	4 April 1987
Essendon	17.17 (119)	West Coast	17.12 (114)	Windy Hill	19,959	4 April 1987
Richmond	13.15 (93)	Hawthorn	23.17 (155)	MCG	17,824	4 April 1987
Geelong	19.17 (131)	Brisbane Bears	23.12 (150)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	14,480	4 April 1987
Carlton	16.18 (114)	Collingwood	17.5 (107)	VFL Park	29,481	4 April 1987
Sydney	27.25 (187)	Footscray	11.13 (79)	SCG	15,268	5 April 1987

Round 3

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Fitzroy	20.9 (129)	North Melbourne	7.13 (55)	VFL Park	10,043	10 April 1987
Geelong	18.20 (128)	Melbourne	13.16 (94)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	15,391	11 April 1987
Richmond	19.16 (130)	Essendon	12.12 (84)	MCG	27,528	11 April 1987
Hawthorn	20.25 (145)	Collingwood	10.8 (68)	Princes Park	14,267	11 April 1987
Footscray	5.10 (40)	Carlton	18.19 (127)	Western Oval	14,492	11 April 1987
St Kilda	21.7 (133)	Brisbane Bears	11.17 (83)	Moorabbin Oval	12,717	11 April 1987
West Coast	14.13 (97)	Sydney	18.16 (124)	Subiaco Oval	35,719	12 April 1987

Round 4

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Melbourne	21.13 (139)	St Kilda	14.8 (92)	MCG	25,465	17 April 1987
Geelong	18.19 (127)	North Melbourne	19.22 (136)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	18,614	17 April 1987
Carlton	29.17 (191)	West Coast	15.14 (104)	Princes Park	21,746	17 April 1987
Brisbane Bears	16.18 (114)	Fitzroy	20.9 (129)	Carrara Stadium	17,795	18 April 1987
Footscray	14.12 (96)	Hawthorn	7.13 (55)	Western Oval	10,425	19 April 1987
Essendon	17.11 (113)	Sydney	9.12 (66)	Windy Hill	24,264	19 April 1987
Collingwood	16.14 (110)	Richmond	15.10 (100)	VFL Park	36,749	19 April 1987

Round 5

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	18.19 (127)	St Kilda	16.14 (110)	MCG	16,078	24 April 1987
Richmond	19.12 (126)	Sydney	21.20 (146)	MCG	22,154	25 April 1987
Hawthorn	13.14 (92)	West Coast	15.14 (104)	Princes Park	11,068	25 April 1987
Collingwood	14.5 (89)	Footscray	12.13 (85)	Victoria Park	22,039	25 April 1987
Geelong	29.10 (184)	Fitzroy	17.7 (109)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	18,220	25 April 1987
Carlton	17.14 (116)	Essendon	9.8 (62)	VFL Park	56,124	25 April 1987
Brisbane Bears	12.14 (86)	Melbourne	12.9 (81)	Carrara Stadium	7,451	26 April 1987

Round 6

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Sydney	13.16 (94)	Carlton	12.15 (87)	SCG	33,659	1 May 1987
Melbourne	16.14 (110)	Richmond	9.15 (69)	MCG	18,482	2 May 1987
Essendon	14.12 (96)	Geelong	13.18 (96)	Windy Hill	15,395	2 May 1987
Collingwood	16.9 (105)	Brisbane Bears	8.10 (58)	Victoria Park	14,689	2 May 1987
Footscray	11.12 (78)	St Kilda	4.10 (34)	VFL Park	12,834	2 May 1987
West Coast	24.18 (162)	North Melbourne	13.10 (88)	Subiaco Oval	28,330	3 May 1987
Hawthorn	16.17 (113)	Fitzroy	15.14 (104)	MCG	18,694	3 May 1987

Round 7

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
West Coast	10.21 (81)	Brisbane Bears	8.14 (62)	WACA Ground	25,799	8 May 1987
Footscray	13.10 (88)	North Melbourne	19.8 (122)	Western Oval	13,395	9 May 1987
St Kilda	21.11 (137)	Richmond	17.12 (114)	Moorabbin Oval	14,909	9 May 1987
Fitzroy	25.9 (159)	Essendon	21.8 (134)	Princes Park	14,564	9 May 1987
Melbourne	18.18 (126)	Collingwood	12.8 (80)	MCG	49,215	9 May 1987
Carlton	22.18 (150)	Geelong	14.10 (94)	VFL Park	31,000	9 May 1987
Sydney	18.14 (122)	Hawthorn	17.12 (114)	SCG	22,273	10 May 1987

Round 8

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Sydney	13.9 (87)	Fitzroy	16.20 (116)	SCG	24,858	15 May 1987
St Kilda	14.13 (97)	West Coast	6.13 (49)	Moorabbin Oval	11,537	16 May 1987
Hawthorn	17.10 (112)	Geelong	10.5 (65)	Princes Park	9,532	16 May 1987
Melbourne	11.15 (81)	Footscray	15.15 (105)	MCG	16,325	16 May 1987
Essendon	14.10 (94)	Collingwood	10.8 (68)	VFL Park	28,085	16 May 1987
Brisbane Bears	22.12 (144)	Richmond	15.19 (109)	Carrara Stadium	7,944	17 May 1987
North Melbourne	10.11 (71)	Carlton	15.15 (105)	MCG	26,684	17 May 1987

Round 9

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Richmond	13.16 (94)	North Melbourne	17.26 (128)	MCG	14,220	22 May 1987
Collingwood	15.15 (105)	St Kilda	15.9 (99)	Victoria Park	18,173	23 May 1987
Carlton	12.20 (92)	Fitzroy	9.16 (70)	Princes Park	28,422	23 May 1987
Footscray	14.19 (103)	Brisbane Bears	10.11 (71)	Western Oval	10,673	23 May 1987
Hawthorn	25.15 (165)	Essendon	7.9 (51)	VFL Park	32,634	23 May 1987
Geelong	15.14 (104)	Sydney	11.13 (79)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	24,476	24 May 1987
West Coast	20.15 (135)	Melbourne	18.11 (119)	Subiaco Oval	23,366	24 May 1987

Round 10

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Essendon	11.14 (80)	Melbourne	15.12 (102)	Windy Hill	13,862	30 May 1987
Richmond	14.13 (97)	Geelong	18.10 (118)	MCG	16,854	30 May 1987
Footscray	10.19 (79)	Fitzroy	7.4 (46)	Western Oval	12,722	30 May 1987
Carlton	27.22 (184)	Brisbane Bears	12.9 (81)	Princes Park	13,790	30 May 1987
Hawthorn	23.16 (154)	St Kilda	15.8 (98)	VFL Park	15,535	30 May 1987
Sydney	20.16 (136)	North Melbourne	23.7 (145)	SCG	20,084	31 May 1987
West Coast	19.23 (137)	Collingwood	11.14 (80)	Subiaco Oval	38,274	1 June 1987

Round 11

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Footscray	18.13 (121)	West Coast	15.9 (99)	Western Oval	15,089	6 June 1987
St Kilda	16.10 (106)	Essendon	18.13 (121)	Moorabbin Oval	23,725	6 June 1987
Hawthorn	17.11 (113)	North Melbourne	14.7 (91)	VFL Park	23,606	6 June 1987
Brisbane Bears	9.10 (64)	Sydney	19.23 (137)	Carrara Stadium	11,840	7 June 1987
Fitzroy	18.15 (123)	Richmond	22.17 (149)	Princes Park	12,580	8 June 1987
Melbourne	13.12 (90)	Carlton	21.9 (135)	MCG	49,812	8 June 1987
Geelong	17.13 (115)	Collingwood	17.8 (110)	VFL Park	33,150	8 June 1987

Round 12

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	15.10 (100)	Essendon	9.10 (64)	MCG	23,944	12 June 1987
Melbourne	11.10 (76)	Sydney	17.10 (112)	MCG	21,696	13 June 1987
Geelong	13.13 (91)	West Coast	12.13 (85)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	17,483	13 June 1987
Collingwood	15.16 (106)	Fitzroy	11.14 (80)	Victoria Park	17,840	13 June 1987
Carlton	12.25 (97)	St Kilda	14.12 (96)	Princes Park	16,511	13 June 1987
Footscray	21.16 (142)	Richmond	11.8 (74)	VFL Park	16,279	13 June 1987
Brisbane Bears	11.4 (70)	Hawthorn	24.21 (165)	Carrara Stadium	7,284	14 June 1987

Round 13

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
West Coast	16.18 (114)	Fitzroy	5.12 (42)	WACA Ground	13,540	19 June 1987
Hawthorn	6.8 (44)	Melbourne	8.9 (57)	Princes Park	7,596	20 June 1987
Footscray	13.11 (89)	Geelong	8.2 (50)	Western Oval	15,749	20 June 1987
Richmond	4.3 (27)	Carlton	6.7 (43)	MCG	15,916	20 June 1987
Essendon	9.10 (64)	Brisbane Bears	3.9 (27)	Windy Hill	8,832	20 June 1987
North Melbourne	10.12 (72)	Collingwood	2.6 (18)	VFL Park	17,613	20 June 1987
Sydney	20.14 (134)	St Kilda	11.9 (75)	SCG	17,760	21 June 1987

Round 14

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Sydney	14.17 (101)	Collingwood	10.14 (74)	SCG	20,133	26 June 1987
Richmond	9.19 (73)	West Coast	9.15 (69)	MCG	8,926	27 June 1987
Geelong	13.20 (98)	St Kilda	3.9 (27)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	13,661	27 June 1987
Fitzroy	11.16 (82)	Melbourne	4.10 (34)	Princes Park	7,643	27 June 1987
Essendon	7.10 (52)	Footscray	9.10 (64)	Windy Hill	17,401	27 June 1987
Hawthorn	12.8 (80)	Carlton	12.7 (79)	VFL Park	44,385	27 June 1987
Brisbane Bears	17.11 (113)	North Melbourne	23.13 (151)	Carrara Stadium	7,716	28 June 1987

Round 15

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
West Coast	18.10 (118)	Essendon	21.20 (146)	WACA Ground	15,740	3 July 1987
Melbourne	15.20 (110)	North Melbourne	16.16 (112)	MCG	17,108	4 July 1987
Hawthorn	19.20 (134)	Richmond	11.11 (77)	Princes Park	10,150	4 July 1987
St Kilda	20.14 (134)	Fitzroy	15.10 (100)	Moorabbin Oval	15,201	4 July 1987
Sydney	16.10 (106)	Footscray	10.13 (73)	VFL Park	27,075	4 July 1987
Brisbane Bears	18.11 (119)	Geelong	10.18 (78)	Carrara Stadium	9,380	5 July 1987
Carlton	20.16 (136)	Collingwood	15.22 (112)	MCG	47,813	5 July 1987

Round 16

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Essendon	21.11 (137)	Richmond	12.11 (83)	Windy Hill	13,590	11 July 1987
North Melbourne	23.18 (156)	Fitzroy	19.9 (123)	MCG	15,244	11 July 1987
Brisbane Bears	14.9 (93)	St Kilda	18.13 (121)	Carrara Stadium	9,106	12 July 1987
Collingwood	5.13 (43)	Hawthorn	25.18 (168)	Victoria Park	17,329	18 July 1987
Carlton	20.13 (133)	Footscray	12.6 (78)	Princes Park	19,259	18 July 1987
Sydney	30.21 (201)	West Coast	10.11 (71)	SCG	23,009	19 July 1987
Melbourne	18.9 (117)	Geelong	11.11 (77)	VFL Park	15,253	25 July 1987

Round 17

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
West Coast	15.17 (107)	Carlton	15.14 (104)	WACA Ground	21,780	10 July 1987
Hawthorn	25.12 (162)	Footscray	9.11 (65)	Princes Park	14,429	11 July 1987
North Melbourne	11.13 (79)	Geelong	27.14 (176)	MCG	20,880	18 July 1987
St Kilda	18.6 (114)	Melbourne	9.14 (68)	VFL Park	20,354	18 July 1987
Richmond	18.20 (128)	Collingwood	14.5 (89)	MCG	24,793	25 July 1987
Fitzroy	17.29 (131)	Brisbane Bears	16.10 (106)	Princes Park	5,824	25 July 1987
Sydney	36.20 (236)	Essendon	11.7 (73)	SCG	24,199	26 July 1987

Round 18

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Sydney	31.12 (198)	Richmond	15.17 (107)	SCG	17,157	31 July 1987
Fitzroy	20.9 (129)	Geelong	12.15 (87)	Princes Park	8,678	1 August 1987
St Kilda	15.16 (106)	North Melbourne	11.15 (81)	Moorabbin Oval	18,968	1 August 1987
Footscray	9.11 (65)	Collingwood	8.6 (54)	Western Oval	14,514	1 August 1987
Melbourne	22.21 (153)	Brisbane Bears	14.15 (99)	MCG	10,307	1 August 1987
Carlton	10.10 (70)	Essendon	10.9 (69)	VFL Park	29,761	1 August 1987
West Coast	17.13 (115)	Hawthorn	17.12 (114)	Subiaco Oval	24,502	2 August 1987

Round 19

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
West Coast	15.19 (109)	North Melbourne	18.12 (120)	WACA Ground	22,540	7 August 1987
Carlton	17.21 (123)	Sydney	8.7 (55)	Princes Park	32,058	9 August 1987
Brisbane Bears	11.11 (77)	Collingwood	14.16 (100)	Carrara Stadium	9,166	9 August 1987
Richmond	15.10 (100)	Melbourne	17.17 (119)	MCG	15,899	9 August 1987
St Kilda	15.14 (104)	Footscray	15.11 (101)	Moorabbin Oval	23,080	9 August 1987
Geelong	12.20 (92)	Essendon	9.11 (65)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	18,316	9 August 1987
Hawthorn	26.9 (165)	Fitzroy	16.9 (105)	VFL Park	14,692	9 August 1987

Round 20

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Hawthorn	20.22 (142)	Sydney	15.7 (97)	Princes Park	20,551	15 August 1987
Essendon	20.7 (127)	Fitzroy	11.20 (86)	Windy Hill	12,510	15 August 1987
Collingwood	8.11 (59)	Melbourne	15.24 (114)	Victoria Park	16,285	15 August 1987
North Melbourne	18.17 (125)	Footscray	18.17 (125)	MCG	18,921	15 August 1987
Geelong	13.10 (88)	Carlton	24.12 (156)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	22,219	15 August 1987
Richmond	19.19 (133)	St Kilda	8.9 (57)	VFL Park	27,589	15 August 1987
Brisbane Bears	18.11 (119)	West Coast	21.14 (140)	Carrara Stadium	4,859	16 August 1987

Round 21

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Melbourne	18.21 (129)	West Coast	10.8 (68)	MCG	21,048	21 August 1987
North Melbourne	18.14 (122)	Richmond	11.18 (84)	MCG	15,073	22 August 1987
St Kilda	15.17 (107)	Collingwood	8.10 (58)	Moorabbin Oval	24,335	22 August 1987
Fitzroy	12.12 (84)	Carlton	17.22 (124)	Princes Park	16,126	22 August 1987
Hawthorn	17.12 (114)	Essendon	9.10 (64)	VFL Park	27,046	22 August 1987
Brisbane Bears	10.11 (71)	Footscray	22.21 (153)	Carrara Stadium	6,754	23 August 1987
Sydney	18.14 (122)	Geelong	18.23 (131)	SCG	23,953	23 August 1987

Round 22

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Richmond	17.11 (113)	Brisbane Bears	26.13 (169)	MCG	12,079	28 August 1987
Geelong	17.21 (123)	Hawthorn	19.12 (126)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	26,888	29 August 1987
Footscray	10.8 (68)	Melbourne	12.11 (83)	Western Oval	31,249	29 August 1987
Fitzroy	20.13 (133)	Sydney	20.21 (141)	Princes Park	11,636	29 August 1987
Carlton	20.9 (129)	North Melbourne	19.11 (125)	VFL Park	30,444	29 August 1987
West Coast	26.19 (175)	St Kilda	13.9 (87)	Subiaco Oval	17,617	30 August 1987
Collingwood	23.6 (144)	Essendon	21.13 (139)	MCG	28,887	30 August 1987

Ladder

All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 154. An additional 6 games were played during the finals series.

Brisbane and West Coast were added to the competition.

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	%	Points
1	Carlton	18	4	0	138	72
2	Hawthorn	17	5	0	147	68
3	Sydney	15	7	0	130	60
4	North Melbourne	13	8	1	99	54
5	Melbourne	12	10	0	108	48

6	Geelong	11	10	1	100	46
7	Footscray	11	10	1	96	46
8	West Coast	11	11	0	98	44
9	Essendon	9	12	1	90	38
10	St Kilda	9	13	0	91	36
11	Fitzroy	8	14	0	92	32
12	Collingwood	7	15	0	76	28
13	Brisbane	6	16	0	79	24
14	Richmond	5	17	0	83	20

Finals

Elimination Finals

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Melbourne	22.26 (158)	North Melbourne	5.10 (40)	MCG	72,628	Sunday, 6 September

Qualifying Final

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Hawthorn	23.18 (156)	Sydney	8.9 (57)	Waverley Park	47,752	Saturday, 5 September

Semi finals

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Carlton	11.14 (80)	Hawthorn	10.5 (65)	Waverley Park	64,333	Saturday, 12 September
Sydney	10.13 (73)	Melbourne	21.23 (149)	MCG	80,292	Sunday, 13 September

Preliminary Final

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Hawthorn	11.14 (80)	Melbourne	10.18 (78)	Waverley Park	71,298	Saturday, 19 September

Grand final

Main article: 1987 VFL Grand Final

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Carlton	15.14 (104)	Hawthorn	9.17.(71)	MCG	92,754	Saturday, 26 September

Player Statistics and Awards

Leading goalkickers

	Name	Club	Gms	Gls/Bhds	Acc%	GpM
1	Tony Lockett	St. Kilda	22	117 / 52	69	5.32
2	Warwick Capper	Sydney	23	103 / 57	64	4.48
3	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn	24	94 / 58	62	3.92
4	Stephen Kernahan	Carlton	24	73 / 50	59	3.04
-	Simon Beasley	Footscray	21	73 / 47	61	3.48

Abbreviation guide: Gms=Games played in the season, Gls/Bhds=Goals and behinds kicked, Acc%=Accuracy percentage (Goals divided by Goals + Behinds multiplied by 100), GpM=Average goals per match

Brownlow Medal Count

	Name	Club	Votes
1	Tony Lockett	St. Kilda	20
-	John Platten	Hawthorn	20
2	Paul Meldrum	Carlton	15
-	Tony McGuinness	Footscray	15
-	Brian Royal	Footscray	15

The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Tony Lockett of St Kilda.
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to David Rhys-Jones of Carlton.

Notable events

In three home games from Round 16 to Round 18, the Sydney Swans amassed the most prolific string of high scores in VFL history, scoring 97.53 (635). Their individual scores were: 30.21 (201) against West Coast, winning by 130 points; 36.20 (236) against Essendon, winning by 163 points; and 31.12 (198) against Richmond, winning by 91 points.

References

Stephen Rodgers: Every Game Ever Played VFL/AFL Results 1897-1991 3rd Edition 1992. Penguin Books Australia ISBN 0 670 90526 7.
1987 Season - AFL Tables

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